How Do You Tackle Safely In Football?
Football is a collision sport where injuries are plentiful. However, not all of these injuries need to occur if an athlete knows some basic safety rules. One specific area of football that requires the most care and safety instruction is tackling. If a player knows the correct way to tackle, he can reduce the risk of injury significantly. Square your shoulders before the tackle. If the player does not have his shoulders square to the tackle, it can cause an awkward angle on the tackle and result in injury. Get lower than the player carrying the football. Before tackling the opposition, you should bend your knees and get lower than the other player gets on the tackle. If the opponent gets lower than the tackler, the tackler will not have the leverage advantage and will be knocked backwards–which could result in injury. See what you tackle. Always keep your head up and looking in the direction of the tackle. If a tackler lowers his head, he risks neck and spine injury from the head jamm
